USN-7118-1: ZBar vulnerabilities

21 November 2024

ZBar could expose sensitive data if it opened a specially crafted file

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Releases

Packages

  • zbar - bar code scanner and decoder (Perl bindings)

Details

It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a
user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-40889)

It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a
user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to obtain sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. (CVE-2023-40890)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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